Crespo v. Holder

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• determining that a deferred adjudication based on a noncitizen’s plea of not guilty did not equate to a conviction for immigration purposes
• “Statutes must be interpreted . . . to give each word some operative effect.”
• refusing to essentially amend the statute as the government requested
• “It is well established that when the statute’s language is plain, the sole function of the courts — at least where the disposition required by the text 11 is not absurd — is to enforce it according to its terms.” (internal quotation marks omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).